Reiki in the Middle of Nowhere: On a holiday weekend I went
camping with a group of woman. After sightseeing in a very small town, we
broke off into two groups. I was with a friend of mine and a woman I had just
met. We had to turn off into a gas station because Susan began to shake; she
was about to have a seizure. She didn’t want us to call an ambulance so we
took her into a restroom. I thought well the only thing I know is “Reiki.” So
I placed my hands on her shoulders and back and gave her a Reiki Treatment. When all was said and done she
exclaimed that it was the shortest seizure she ever had and the only time she
didn’t get sick when having a seizure.
The Library:
Another time, I walked into a library and on the
floor was an elderly gentlemen. A librarian was seated next to him and help
was on its way. I sat beside him and took his hand. Paramedics soon arrived. I
stepped about 12 feet back, kneeled and beamed Reiki to the gentlemen. He was
repeating over and over again. “Oh my god, I’m sorry, this is it” Then started
saying “who is doing that?” I’m certain he was referring to me. The paramedics asked what I was doing. I
said “doing Reiki, energy work” and they thanked me. I moved outside to a
bench and Reiki’ed the gentlemen as they carried him away
and the paramedics again extended appreciation to me.
Reiki on the Bus:
One of my clients/students really knows how to
have fun with Reiki. His car had broken down so it was time to ride the bus
for a while. As he got on the bus he though “cool, I can do Reiki on here.” He
observed folks. One young man got on the bus with blasting music on his
headphones and a scowl on his face. My client proceeded to send him Reiki. The
next day, the boy arrived still with a scowl, but this time the music wasn’t
so loud. The next day, the headphones were gone and so was the scowl. The
young man looked around the bus and sat right next to my client, mind you
there were many entirely open seats and as we all know etiquette (and in
general our personal desire for space) directs most of us to an empty seat,
but this kid had a sixth sense.
The Empty Cup
: One of my students works in a mobility facility.
One particular boy there was very troublesome, almost impossible to handle,
constantly in a tantrum. My student decided to try Reiki on him from across
the room and he seemed to calm down. Later, she did a short Reiki treatment on
him and he
fell asleep (this was a miracle). Others at the facility began asking her what
she did to him because he was so changed. She realized he was an empty cup
that needed some filling.
I lectured once to a group of about fifteen in Golden and at the end I
offered five minute Reiki Sessions. One man in particular was completely
stunned. After I finished applying Reiki through his shoulders he looked at me
in awe and said “I was a complete skeptic after the lecture, but now I know.
He thanked me profusely.”
I also lectured a group of 50 in Broomfield. At the end, Charlotte
and I offered five minute Reiki treatments as well. We worked on about 40
people. They loved it! One woman who was in excruciating pain and
could barely get out of bed (came that day to hear about Reiki and almost had
to leave in the middle) received about 5 minutes of Reiki and was astounded
because it relieved so much of her pain so fast!
Experiences from the Reiki Attunements
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(The attunement is a the process by which Reiki energy is activated.).
Spinning:
Many of my students have reported feeling like they
were spinning or spiraling in the attunement. One student said he thought he
might fall off his chair (glad he didn’t).
Rainbows
Many students see colors. Some have reported feeling
their chakras spinning.
A Helping Hand
Several of my students have felt a hand on their
knee, back, etc. (and it wasn’t mine). One of my students asked me how I knew
to put my hand over her ribcage during the attunement (I only touch the head,
heart, shoulders and hands!). She said she was in a lot of pain and it went
away after “I” put my hand there. She was very surprised it wasn’t me having
had no previous experience of guides.
Hara Alignment: Barbara Brennan speaks of aligning our hara.
This is the energy line that runs through the central core of the chakras. It
aligns us with our purpose. She has exercises in her book Light Emerging
which I teach in the Master’s class for aligning the hara. Interestingly
enough, a couple students have remarked that they have felt tilted after the
attunement or felt they were beside themselves. I believe the attune helps to
straighten the hara and bring us into the center of energy field/aura. The
hara is often off-balance; therefore when we straighten or align it we may
feel tilted when in fact our hara is newly aligned.
The 21 Day Cleanse
- (after a
Reiki attunement a clearing of energy is activated; this is called the 21 day
cleanse.)
The cleanse varies for everyone. Most people notice an increased sense of
calm, an inner peace and therefor less stress. I mostly felt tired and sleepy.
I also had cold like symptoms. Nothing fancy or fun for me. I suppose that is
good because I don’t create fanciful expectations for my students.
Tears:
One of my Reiki I students said she hadn’t cried in
years. A few days after the class she found herself balling on the way home
from work for no particular reason. Other students have noticed moodiness and
a need to process stuff in their lives.
One student said she hadn’t cried in twenty years and the tears began to
flow after First Degree Reiki.
Re-unions - with Friends:
Reiki seems to lift barriers and
re-connect us. One of my students had an uncanny experience. After Reiki I she
received two phone calls and one email from three long lost friends. This all
happened in the same day! None of the friends knew each other and all of them
lived out of state.
Stress Relief and a New Calm
: Many students find that after a
Reiki class a new calm comes into their lives. One student of mine said she
has always been high strung and after taking the class felt at ease. Her
husband said “is there something wrong”. She was out of character and was
feeling calm and laid back about this huge party she was about to throw.
Reiki on the Road
: One day I was getting ready to go skiing in
the morning and I didn’t have a good feeling about it - not a bad feeling, but
not good. As we were heading up I-70 into the Colorado mountains I got that
feeling again and told the person I was with, Dami. We both drew the Reiki
protection/power symbol and minutes later we were spared from an accident as
the vehicle in front of us spun out and did a 360 in the middle of the
highway.
Reiki for the Objects of our Lives
As science has told us everything is alive! Everything is composed of
energy, therefore anything can be Reiki’d.
The Car Engine that Could
: One day I got in my car ready to go
out and do numerous errands and I was surprised by the “service engine light.”
I proceeded anyway and ran many errands that day and each time I’d start Lucky
(that is my cars name) the light would go on and stay on. I got home that
evening, opened my hood, looked around, checked the fuses, Reiki’d the engine
and went to sleep. In the morning, I got in the car, started the engine and
Lucky was free of the “service engine light.”
Tickets to a Hockey Game
: O.K. I know Reiki isn’t about getting
things, but my friend and I had been standing outside for over an hour trying
to buy Red Wings vs. Avalanche tickets to no avail. Finally, I said lets do
Reiki. We drew the Power Symbol and I said “we are good people and we’d love
to go the game so if its meant to be bring us tickets.” A minute later a car
pulled up and a little girl had tickets in her hand. She asked if we needed
tickets. I said “yes how much are they?”. Her reply was “they are yours, my
dad says we don’t need them.”
Healing the Past
Out of my very first Reiki II class came an incredible story of distance
healing. One of my students had taken Reiki originally with some hope of
helping her husband with his back pain. The Reiki helped, but the pain
remained. After Reiki II she decided to try the long distance healing to send
healing to her husband’s painful past. Her husband’s father had died when he
was quite young and when he was 10 he lost his mom in a tragedy. His mom had
gotten engaged and the fiancée, the mom and him were traveling to Disney Land
for the ceremony. In Utah, they swerved off the road and the mother and the
fiancée were killed. Fortunately, the state trooper decided to take him in
until things got settled. The boy had no family or godparents so he went from
foster home to foster home. Mary sent Reiki back to the time of the accident
and to her complete astonishment they received a phone call in a matter of
days from the Sheriff’s daughter. She had been searching for him for years and
had given up but she said something made her make a couple more phone calls.
She called to tell him that they had tried to adopt him and take him
permanently into their family, but the system wouldn’t allow it. This brought
a great healing to his heart (and back) having this newly found connection.
I have seen a few of my students re-unit with family members after 5, 10,
15, 20 years of separation. It seems that by one family member taking Reiki
and raising their vibration that of the whole family is raised allowing
bygones to be bygones.
Incurable Diseases?
For one of my first Second Degree Reiki classes we sent Reiki to a child
who had been diagnosed with an incurable dis-ease. We did a long-distance
Reiki Treatment and later I received word from my student that the dis-ease had disappeared
and the doctors were astounded. They wanted to run all sorts of tests and
chart the case into medical history. The parents decided to leave well enough
alone.
Another story I read about in Miracles of Mind was that of a doctor
who had opened a patient up only to find cancer in every organ of his body. He
knew it was pointless to operate since the man only had a couple months at
best. The Doctor didn’t have the heart to tell the man. Years later the Doctor
ran into him. He was astonished. The guy said ever since the surgery he began
feeling better and he was doing great!
Master Level of Reiki
I took my Master Level of Reiki without telling my clients and
surprisingly a couple of my clients asked what was different. My one client is
attuned to Reiki and she said after her Reiki session that day “wow was that
powerful - what was different?” Another client who hasn’t studied Reiki or
anything metaphysical and is a fairly big partygoer also asked me what was
different.
Pets and Reiki
The Autopilot Dog:
On of my students began Reiki-ing her dog
after the Reiki I class. Her dog received a full-body Reiki treatment, night
after night. First she would Reiki his head, then his stomach and legs and
then turn him over and Reiki his back. One night she was too tired to do
Reiki, but her dog expected it. She laid down in bed with her hands out and
her dog proceeded to put his head in her hands, then moved into the Reiki
positions for his stomach and flipped over and moved position by position till
he was done. Amazing!
Choosy Eaters Choose Reiki:
Another student of mine has three
dogs and she began giving Reiki to her dogs and also Reiki’d their food and
water after her Reiki I class. One of her dogs is a real finicky eater. Now,
he only eats his food or drinks his water if she has done Reiki to it first.
It is not that the dog saw her hold the food or water; she Reiki’d the
food/water when they weren’t even in the room.
Reiki and the Fish Tank: It
was time to clean the fish tank.
Supposedly, fish can only take so much clean water at once. My student was
overzealous and put lots of freshwater in the tank and the pour fish sank to
the bottom of the tank and went belly up. (This is a great analogy for not
trying to change things too fast. It may look good and we may want to do
everything at once, but we may go belly up). She Reiki’d the tank and the fish
slowly began to get better.
Reiki and Children or Teens
Sweet Dreams
: One of my students gave her teenage son a Reiki
Treatment. He had trouble sleeping. He thought it was strange, but said you can try
it before he went to sleep. He commented that he slept really well that night.
After the first night, he started asking for Reiki every night.
Reiki - How it Affects Our Touch
As Massage Therapists
: My clients have remarked over and over
and over again that there is something different about my touch. I think it is
two things - one that I truly do care and my heart is in it and the other is
Reiki. Clients say my touch is “magic,” “spiritual,” “better than any other
massage they have ever had.,” “sacred,” “filled with love,” that I have
“grandmas hands (in this case grandma was a very powerful, deep, wise, present
being)”
I have taught Reiki to other massage therapists and they too have said
that their clients remark on “the energy,” their new touch.
Dear Reiki Student:
I love to hear your stories! So, please
email me or drop me a letter to
share stories or experiences you have had.
Peace to you,
Lisa
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